Baling-press.



PAT NTED MAR. 26, 1907. i

J. s. TUTTLE. BALING PRESS.

IIIIIIIIIIIIII ED APR. 27. 1906.

PATENTED MAR. 26, 1907;

J. S. TUTTLE.-

BALING PRESS. AiPLIOATION FILED 423.27. 1906.

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JOSIAH S. TUTTLE, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE OHIOCULTIVATOR CO, OF BELLEVUE, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

BALlNG-PRESS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed April 27,1906. Serial No. 313,942-

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSIAH S. TUTTLE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Presses, ofwhich the following is a specification.

Hy invention relates to baling-presses and my object is to produce anefficient and reliable power mechanism of extremely simple, strong,durable, compact, and comparatively inexpensive construction, giving aquick and long preliminary plunger movement to compress the balingmaterial while offering but little resistance, the latter portion of thepower stroke being effected by the direct pressure of the trip-lever onthe end of the plunger-beam.

To this end the invention consists in certain novel and peculiarfeatures of construction and organization, as hereinafter described andclaimed, and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of apower mechanism embodying my invention with the plunger-beam in itsinitial position. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same. Fig. 3 is ahorizontal section taken on the line III III of Fig. 2, with theplunger-beam in the position it occupies after its preliminary quickmovement has occurred and with certain parts broken away. Fig. 4 is anend view of the mechanism in the position shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anenlarged detail perspective view of a portion of the mechanism.

In the said drawings, 1 indicates the reach, which extends from thebaling-case (not shown) and is secured in any suitable .man ner to abase 2, secured upon the axle 3.

4 indicates a gooseneck, cast with or otherwise secured to the base,which forms a journal for the power-shaft 5, provided with a sweep-head6, to which is secured the sweep 7 and a brace-rod 8 therefor.

9 indicates the trip-lever, which in this instance is shown as atriple-arm trip-lever, and 10 are antifriction-rollers, mounted in theouter ends of said arms. 11 is a shelf or support projecting laterallyfrom and bearing a rigid relation to the reach, and 12 anupwardly-projecting flange at the outer end of said arm to limit theoutward movement of the plunger-beam 13, the inward movement of saidbeam being limited by the trip-ofi lug 14, also rigid with the reach,the plungerbeam being provided at its front end with the usual pocket15.

The parts thus far described are well known in baling-pressconstruction.

Pivoted, as at 16, to the extension 16, utilized, by preference, as ameans for securing the reach to base 2, is a swing-arm 17, the front endof said arm being pivoted, as at 18, to and between the lugs 19 of ahead 20, having a treadsurface 21, and bolted rigidly or otherwisesecured to a pair of links 22, arranged above and below the plunger-beamand trip-lever and pivoted to the former, as at 23.

When the plunger-beam occupies its initial position, it projectsforwardly beyond the trip-lever, and the links 22 extend at an angle,substantially as shown in Fig. 1, so that the tread-surface 21 of thehead 20 shall be disposed in the path of one of the trip-lever arms. Asthe trip-lever is turned in the direction indicated by the arrow, Fig.1, by the team attached to the sweep in the usual manner (not shown) theantifriction-roller 10 of the trip-lever arm last referred to pressesagainst the tread-surface of head 20 and at about the same time anothertrip-lever-arm roller engages the inner edge of the plungerbeam tocompel the latter under the movement of the trip-lever to travel endwisewith but little lateral movement, the pressure of said trip-lever arm onthe head pushing the latter in the direction indicated by the arrow a,the swing-arm 17 swinging to effect this movement. By reference to Fig.3 it will be apparent that the very short movement of the trip-lever andsaid arm 17 and head 20 results in a comparatively long preliminarymovement of the plunger-beam. In such 5 movement the trip-lever rollerreferred to rolls forward on the tread-surface 21 and clears the frontend of said surface at about the same time the succeeding trip-leverroller enters the pocket 15 of the plunger-beam and continues themovement of the latter until it has moved from substantially theposition shown in full lines, Fig. 3, to the position shown in dottedlines, same figure, this continued movement of the beam compelling theswing-arm, the head 20, and the links 22 to assume the positions shownin dotted lines in said figure. As the beam reaches the position shownin dotted lines in said figure its lateral movement toward the verticalplane of the reach is arrested by the trip-off lug, so that thetrip-lever roller in the pocket may ride out of the latter, as indicatedby dotted lines in Fig. '3. As this disengagement be tween thetrip-lever and the plunger-beam takes place the latter is caused torecoil through the instrumentality of a spring 24 or otherwise in theusual manner, and such recoil is so rapid that it redisposes thetreadsurface 21 of head 20 in the path of the triplever roller lastreferred to, because the latter moves very slowly as compared with therecoil movement of the beam. As a result almost immediately after therecoil is effected said last-named roller comes into engagement with thetread-surface and eilects the second preliminary advance of theplungerbeam in a manner hereinbefore described, the third trip-leverroller being utilized as a guide in such movement and to effect thepower portion of the stroke by direct engagement with the plunger aftersaid preliminary movement has been completed. All future actions arerepetitions of those described.

From the above description it will be apparent that one skilled in theart to which this invention pertains could readily so proportion theparts as to adapt the invention for use upon a two-stroke press, and Iwish it to be understood that I do not desire to be limited to the eXactconstruction shown and described, as various changes in the form,proportion, detail construction, and arrangement of the parts may bemade without departing from the principle of construction involved.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a baling-press, a trip-lever, a plunger-beam, a movable headhaving a treadsurface for the trip-lever, a link connecting said headpivotally to the plunger-beam, and movable means for guiding said headwhen moved by the trip-lever.

2. In a baling-press, a trip-lever, a plunger-beam, a movable headhaving a treadsurface for the trip-lever, a link connecting said headpivotally to the plunger-beam, and movable means pivotally carrying saidhead.

3. In a baling-press, a trip-lever, a plunger-beam, a movable headhaving a treadsurface for the triplever, a link rigidly secured at oneend. to said head and pivotally secured at the other to theplunger-beam, and means pivotally supporting said head and guiding it inthe movement imparted to it by the trip-lever.

4. In a baling-press, a trip-lever, a plunger-beam, a movable headhaving a treadsuriace for the trip-lever, a link rigidly secured at oneend to said head and pivotally secured at the other to the plunger-beam,land 1movable means pivotally carrying said ear 5. In a baling-press thecombination of a power-shaft having trip-arms, a plungerbeam, aswing-arm, and a link pivotally connecting said swing-arm with theplungerbeam and. having ahead in the plane of movement of and adapted tobe engaged by one of said trip-arms to impart preliminary movement tothe plunger-beam.

6. In a baling-press the combination of a power-shaft having trip-arms,a plungerbeam, a swing-arm, a link pivotally connecting said swing-armwith the plunger-beam and having a head in the plane of movement of andadapted to be engaged by one of said trip-arms to impart preliminarymovement to the plunger-beam, and means to efl ect the recoil of theplunger-beam and restore the head to its initial position.

7. In a baling-press, the combination of a suitable frame, a verticalpower-shaft journaled therein and provided with triparms, aplunger-beam, a swing-arm pivoted on said frame, a trip-oil lug rigidwith said frame, a shelf rigid with the frame and underlying the beam, ahead pivoted to said swing-arm and provided with a tread-surface adaptedto occupy the path of movement of the trip-arms, and links securedrigidly to said. head and pivotally to said beam.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

JOSIAH S. TUTTLE. Witnesses:

D. V. BOOKER, D. I. HART.

